Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-06
COLORADO SPRINGS.
Eolh dding the Purchascr TO IdaAe
or Sell intoxicating Beverages

t-CA NCUA4 : yaLe 1QaI l. Is me name |
9!ven TO g beautiful little city under the
shadow Of the Rockies, on the western
limit Of tae plains, agh up il the % isl
regions. L noR contains ZOO irhGRi- |
tan-s Including mary rich stockmau, /
miners, and people from "t2e refined END |
cultivated esst' Il was inteoded as : !
health resort Tor 51valtds who wished /
TO pc benefited BY the sprio-3 and the
pure bracing sir CT the mountains. |
Every street on each side is DOrdered by
rows CT trees and swift running rills Of
clsar water. The pu5Iic parks
ks1d tha lawns about the pgi-
yste residences are covered
! ,7ith Z dense growth 0f clover end blue
grass IS ire=h sid yc7d&nc IS May
! landscape, kept n that condition Dy igri-
CATION, from May TIL November. The
city 5 WEI built, containing mary . tasty
| cottage, and inc m&uSions partly hidden
| yy vines and shade trees.
Every Geed given 70 the purchaser CT
.aGd il the corporate limits contains .
clause fo15iGdlIg him to make or sell
Intoxicating beverages on his premises
under the penalty Ct i0Ifeiling his title.
Tbs wise provision Aa9 given Colorado
iSNC.lg5 the Iglest moral tone
CT any city in The state. The
drinking water IS unsurpassed, being
icUcGucted from pure mountain streams
10y di'ches 20 . reservoir, thence il IS
lfCrced y hyGrCStatiC pressure wherever it
IS needed, 20 steam pressure being nee
essary, not even to project stream from
hose n case OF IRE.
TIE mineral springs are six miles dis
liant aDCIg the foothills Ct Manitou, s
much smaller place. The two places are
connected % Two railroads end g oOOi
c2rriage r0sd, over which crowds ct
passengers ogss daily during the summer
season. There are six springs, all con.
tsinIDg Car0OGiC aClG, which causes tie
wafer TO efe.VeECe, and imparts TO it an
agreeable acid taste They somewhat
differ in other respects as 70 their mcdi-
Cinai properties. Their healing quail
ties are widely acknowledged, and
were known and appreciated by the II
dams from lime immemUrial. TIE two
places are visited yearly by increasing
thousands from the four quarters Of Inc
world. Some come for health, add some
for pleasure, and generally they are not
disappointed.
About five miles west OF this city, ike
la C3lcSsa wall tAat seems sutfCientIO DEFY
mans further progress westward, fr0Wu
the grand mountains partly covered with
verdure, steep, rough, and savage, the
= higher eminences rising above
r the timber line on whose yer
+ dureless and desoIate SUBMITS
; the clouds seem to love TO rest. The
? valleys, cregs, and precipices of the
t mountains can be SO distinctly seen
. through the clear air that they seen
e hardly mile distant. IN consequence o.
2 this deception as 10 distarceiboth horizon
i ia anu upward the mountains appear o.
: f'lesS magnitude than they really are, and
- the Iic5t view CT them is disappointing C
: some; but If they ascend their lofty sum
. mits they are fully impressed with tht
: grand scale on which nature has here
* operated. From this point Pixies Peak
2 appears little behind the nearer eleya
81 kaOns, and seemingly not much higher
{" Its reddish, rounded summit spot
ted with few small patches o.
, snow towering in the deep bul
:: Colorado sky, 5000 feet ABOVE the plain
a which here IS COCO feet above the level O
'r the see. Sometimes in the summer
when the clouds have dispersed after
rain "here below" "Ihe Peak" srt
some OF the other heights, appear geyl7
deched in mantle OF white, which last
o but day or two at this season.
"Wthin 6 radius Of ten miles abOu
Colorado Springs are TO be found NOR
: fintere sting, varied and f.mou
scenic attractions than Il
D any similar compass the world over,
visit 10 any one of which would reps
one for the trouble OF long Journey
Among these attractions are Glen Eyre
the Garden of the Gods, the two cavern
naar Manitou and several canyons, Ii
most noted Of which is South Ch5yenn
canyon, which is five miles distant fror
ne city, and attracts large numbers o
visitors. 1t is deep and narrow Chasr
with perpendicular walls OF solid rec
which as you look upward seem to reac
Tie skies. The tops of the walls ar
worn away into resemblalCeS OF pillars
towers, and d0mes on winch the brigh
sunshine contrasts strongly with IN
twilight gloom around you below
After travelling upwards Of
mile from the entrance c
where the clear, cold waters Of Cheyenr
creek come dasning down the preciPic
in seven Water falls white as snow.
But the great treat to q lover of rs
ture is the ascent Of Pixies Peak. III
summit is twelve miles from ManitoU .
way OF the trail, and is visited slmos
daily in the summer by parties sometime
numbering thirty or forty, from Whic
ladies are seldom absent. ri
''rouud trip" is made in twelve hours 0
horseback, allowing four hours to
spent on the top. 1t is said that Ii
beauty and sublimity of the scenery is il
| dIscribsble SIS seen from various points O
:, the mountains. But few that ascend
escape sickness caused by the great ele
vation. Perhaps most OF the visitors 81
glad TO d. send to the lower regions 6
soon as possible.
: In consequence OF the clearness of II
sir, the suns rays are hotter here than I
Fort Worth, but one never suffers fro
e the heat N the shade, between which ar
E. the sunshine quite contrast is felt, "ti
&. dividing line being SIS sharp as knife
d The nights are always cool. The pur
~ brscing air OF the mountains IS deligh
full, one soon feels Its inyigorating j
fuence, its rareness taxes the respirato
organs Of many ct first, but with sou
:, exceptions they soon get accustom,
to it.
- During the rainy months July sud "A
l.. gust the weather is very uncertain